Dressed As a Farm Boy, He Cheated on His Way Out of the Desert.

Chapter 216: Amazement

The village chief thought for a moment, suppressed the pounding in his heart, and said, "Mr. Liu, since we have trusted you, we will let you arrange these things. But there is one thing I want to say."

“Okay, village chief, please tell me.” Liu Zhiheng nodded, guessing that it was about the price.

Sure enough, the village chief said, "As for the price of cold melons and cantaloupes, although we have been growing them for more than half a year and have suffered a lot, we don't want to sell them too expensive. In other words, we are willing to sell these cold melons at a reasonable price. We will sell melons and melons to you. As for the price after you take them away, we won’t be jealous even if one cold melon sells for an ingot of gold.”

 This is so unexpected for Liu Zhiheng. Everyone hopes to get rich overnight and reach the sky in one step.

But why did the people at Broken Gold Beach push out the gold they got?

"This... village chief, things are rare and expensive. It is very easy to sell these cold melons and cantaloupes at sky-high prices. If you push them out like this, you will lose a lot of money."

The village chief smiled and shook his head, "Others don't know it, but we know it ourselves. We are just a bunch of mud-legged people who luckily escaped here to survive. We have been jealous of the hot spring valley, and have caused trouble to both Mr. Wen and the Marquis.

"Now that these cold melons and cantaloupes are selling for sky-high prices, I'm afraid the troubles will continue again. The Marquis is away fighting, and Mr. Wen has just entered the court. We don't want to trouble them anymore. Money is easy to use, but there must be some If you have a good life, you can spend it well."

Li Laoer also echoed, "Young children walk in the busy city with gold in their hands. Most of them can't keep the gold, and may even endanger their lives. We are ordinary people, we only want a stable and prosperous life, and we don't want to be regarded as attractive fat by everyone. Always ready for a bite.”

　　Previously, after sending cold melons to the Liu family, the village chief discussed it with Li Laoer, Liu's **** chief Li Laosi and other captains.

 Silver is a good thing, but the village has no ability to protect itself for the time being, so it mostly relies on the Marquis, Mr. Wen and Mrs. Cui.

If you are too greedy, you will eventually cause disaster and harm others and yourself.

 It would be better to just take what they deserve and feel more at ease.

The village chief added, "So, for the cold melons and cantaloupes in our fields, excluding those that are brought to the palace as tribute, we will simply set a price and give half of them to Mr. Liu to sell, even if they are sold for gold and silver." We will only take our share of the mountain, and the other half will be left in the fields to feed the other side of the valley to add to the excitement.”

Liu Zhiheng didn’t speak for a long time, feeling very complicated in his heart.

At first, he just thought that the people in Suijintan were simple and kind-hearted. His adopted sister lived here and could at most supplement some food and supplies. It was just a place to relax and stay, which was safe and secure.

Now I realize that he is still shallow. These people may not have read many books, but they are rare sober and sensible.

Only take what you deserve, without being greedy or arrogant. This is easy to say but the most difficult thing to do.

 He stood up and solemnly saluted the village chief, Li Laoer and others, "Liu learned a lesson today, thank you very much!"

The village chief and others hurriedly helped him and said with a smile, "We are just timid and don't dare to cause trouble. We don't know any great principles or teachings."

Li Laoer also said, "In addition, if these cold melons and cantaloupe are sold, many people will try to plant them next year. Our village is not going to hide it. Anyone who asks about the planting methods will teach them a few words. If Liu The master has riverbank land at home, so I can plant a few acres of it.”

Liu Zhiheng thought for a while and nodded, "It's really hard to control the seeds of these cold melons and cantaloupe melons when they are sold. Everyone wants to try them. If you don't teach me, it's really easy to make enemies. Well, I'll plant a few acres at home, too." At that time, I will have to bother the village to send someone to give some guidance occasionally.”

"Yes, it's a small matter." The village chief agreed immediately.

　Even if the matter is settled now, I feel happy when I hear the good news from beginning to end.

  She was originally worried that the villagers would be stunned by the sudden wealth, but she did not expect that the village chief and her second uncle were sober as ever.

This is like a big piece of cake that everyone wants to take a bite of. Rather than clinging to it and being coveted by others through various schemes, it is better to take the initiative to part with it.

In this way, a larger piece can be left, which can be held safely.

Of course, everyone feels sorry for the part that was separated, but in the final analysis, Broken Gold Beach is still too weak, and stability and development are the first priority.

 That night, Liu Zhiheng stayed at Li's house, and the third room happened to be moved to Luo'an. The room was free, which was convenient for living.

Mr. Wen rushed over early the next morning. He and Liu Zhiheng discussed it and decided to donate fifty cold melons and one hundred cantaloupes.

This number is not too much, but it is not much.

The villagers rushed to Dahuaishu Village and bought a lot of small baskets. Each small basket contained a cold melon or ten cantaloupes, which looked much neater and more delicate.

　　While picking melons, the village chief specially carried Good News to the melon field.

Although he followed the instructions yesterday, he was still afraid of picking the wrong thing for such a precious thing.

Jiayin was running around in the field, and wherever his little finger touched, the village chief would lead people to pick it.

Liu Zhiheng was surprised and asked Mrs. Cui, "Is this little girl from the Li family only two years old? Isn't she a little too..."

Mrs. Cui grew up watching Jiayin, so she didn’t find it strange, so she smiled and said, “Fu Niu is smarter than ordinary children, and she is naturally greedy, so she is superior to ordinary people in this regard. Yesterday, she also won the first prize from the field mouse. A cantaloupe is not only ripe, but also extremely sweet.”

Liu Zhiheng was astonished that Broken Gold Beach was really a geomantic treasure land, because everything was so unusual.

 Hands can be dug out of barren mountains to create hot springs. Cold melons and cantaloupes were grown in the worst riverbank land.

 Even the little baby we raised is so smart...

 Soon, the cold melons and cantaloupes were picked.

A villager wanted to wash the soil off the cold melons and cantaloupe, but Liu Zhiheng stopped him, "Don't wash it. It's not easy to store it after washing. It will look fresh this way. Just put the clean ones on top and put some more melons in the basket." seedling."

Everyone nodded and worked hard, and finally put the cold melons and cantaloupes on the carriage.

The village chief and Li Laoer changed into clean clothes, and followed Liu Zhiheng and Mr. Wen into the palace to offer melons, feeling half uneasy and half excited.

The villagers have been thinking about it all day long. When working, they always look at the intersection.

 All the old people and children in the village, as long as they had no important work in their hands, were scattered in the melon fields.

No outsiders are allowed to approach, and small animals and field mice are also killed when they see them, and no one is spared.

 At dusk, the carriage finally came back.

The village chief and Li Laoer were both so happy that they walked as if they had stepped on cotton.

The villagers surrounded them, asking all kinds of questions, "What's going on? Did the emperor eat our cold melon?"

Mr. Wen was afraid that the village chief and others would not understand, so he smiled and said, "The emperor not only ate it, but was also very happy. He said that we are good people of Tianwu, we have built a new home, and we have grown such good fruits. The emperor Give the cold melon the name Jasper, and the sweet melon the name Golden Fruit.”

Liu Zhiheng then said, "It doesn't matter that the emperor didn't reward you with anything. Just these two names are important treasures. From now on, the Tianwu family will grow cold melons and cantaloupes, and your broken golden beach ones will also be the best ones. Don't worry about selling them, And it’s definitely a high price.”

The villagers were overjoyed when they heard this. They all knelt down in the direction of Xindu and shouted long live.

 “Long live the Emperor! Thank you, Your Majesty!”

 “Jasper melon! Golden fruit! The emperor is really good at naming.”

 (End of this chapter)